Advanced partitioning redesign

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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Matthew Paul Thomas wrote on 24/07/11 23:10:
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> I have just finished the first draft of a redesign of Ubiquity's
> advanced partitioning stage.
> <https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/Doc?docid=0AU5sFuLRpCpBZGZra2pqY2pfMTAxZ25rcnBnNXY&hl=en_US#4_5_2_Manual_partitioning_7972>
>...

Thanks to Evan Dandrea for reviewing the design with me. I've now made
many corrections.
<https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/Doc?docid=0AU5sFuLRpCpBZGZra2pqY2pfMTAxZ25rcnBnNXY&hl=en_US#Advanced_partitioning>

The main changes:

*   updated sketches of how the partitions should appear when you have
    and haven't made any changes

*   keyboard navigation and detailed accessible labels for the
    partition charts

*   simpler description of which details are shown for which kinds of
    partition table area

*   described how to present and describe areas of free space, not just
    partitions

*   handling of existing Ubuntu installations in "Use for:"

*   better handling of error cases in the mount point and label fields.

It's all a lot of work, but most of it can be implemented a little at a
time. For example, most of the changes to editing a partition can be
implemented inside the existing "Edit Partition" dialog first. So if
you'd like something small to work on, pick an unimplemented sentence in
the specification, and implement that sentence. :-)
<https://code.launchpad.net/ubiquity>

Cheers
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mpt
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